The golden years are supposed to be a time to look back on your youth and enjoy your free time. In recent decades there have been an increase of seniors returning to the workforce. Whether it is because of tough economic times or because they feel the need to be useful, the retirement age is steadily growing from mid-50’s to even the 80’s.

Authors William J. Rothwell and coauthor Diane Spokus will be on discussing their book “Working Longer: New Strategies for Managing, Training, and Retaining Older Employees (The Adult Learning Theory and Practice Book Series).”Join Dan as he discusses this trend next week on “Everyday Leadership.”

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